Boston Bruins vs Pittsburgh Penguins — March 8, 2026 Game Stats

Game Recap

Pavel Zacha had a hat trick as the Pittsburgh Penguins topped the Boston Bruins 5-4 on March 8, 2026. High-danger chances favored PIT by a wide margin: 15 to 8. Connor Dewar generated the most offense at even strength with 2.00 ixG on 4 shots. Anthony Mantha found the net 2 times. At 5-on-5, PIT carried the play with 11.56 expected goals and a 61.5% share of shot attempts. Shots on goal: PIT 40, BOS 28.

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xG Gameflow — cumulative expected goals chart tracking each team's xG as Boston Bruins vs Pittsburgh Penguins progressed on Mar 8, 2026
Shot heatmap — where shots were taken on the ice, color-coded by scoring probability
Event timeline — every goal, penalty, and key play mapped chronologically
Player matchup grid — head-to-head on-ice performance in Corsi and expected goals
Strength filter — 5v5 by default, with options for power play, penalty kill, and all situations

BOS4 - 5PIT (OT)

Mar 8, 2026 · Regular Season

Strength:

Overview

	Period	Corsi			Fenwick			Shots			SC			HDSC			xG			Goals
		F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%
PIT	P1	23	18	56.1	18	15	54.5	9	9	50.0	16	11	59.3	6	3	66.7	4.32	2.89	60.0	0	1	0.0
	P2	27	18	60.0	18	10	64.3	16	8	66.7	20	14	58.8	4	4	50.0	3.99	2.02	66.4	1	2	33.3
	P3	24	20	54.5	20	16	55.6	14	11	56.0	15	14	51.7	5	3	62.5	4.22	2.64	61.6	3	1	75.0
	OT	1	0	100.0	1	0	100.0	1	0	100.0	1	0	100.0	0	0	—	0.31	0.00	100.0	1	0	100.0
	Total	75	56	57.3	57	41	58.2	40	28	58.8	52	39	57.1	15	10	60.0	12.85	7.54	63.0	5	4	55.6
BOS	P1	18	23	43.9	15	18	45.5	9	9	50.0	11	16	40.7	3	6	33.3	2.89	4.32	40.0	1	0	100.0
	P2	18	27	40.0	10	18	35.7	8	16	33.3	14	20	41.2	4	4	50.0	2.02	3.99	33.6	2	1	66.7
	P3	20	24	45.5	16	20	44.4	11	14	44.0	14	15	48.3	3	5	37.5	2.64	4.22	38.4	1	3	25.0
	OT	0	1	0.0	0	1	0.0	0	1	0.0	0	1	0.0	0	0	—	0.00	0.31	0.0	0	1	0.0
	Total	56	75	42.7	41	57	41.8	28	40	41.2	39	52	42.9	10	15	40.0	7.54	12.85	37.0	4	5	44.4

Win Probability

PIT Favored

BOS Favored

Goal

Power Play

Gameflow — Cumulative xG

PIT

BOS

Goal

Shot Density Heatmap

BOS Attempts

PIT Attempts

Individual Event Map

Player:

BOS ShootPIT Shoot

Shot on Net

Missed Shot

Attempt Blocked

Hit

Hit Taken

Giveaway

Player Matchup Grid

This grid shows how every skater on the home team (PIT) performed against every skater on the away team (BOS) when they were on the ice at the same time.

Rows = PIT players, Columns = BOS players. Forwards are listed first, then defensemen.
Green = the PIT player had a favorable matchup (above 50%). Red = unfavorable (below 50%).
Values shown from the home team's perspective. Toggle between CF% (shot attempt share) and xGF% (expected goal share).
Cells with fewer than 3 shared events are grayed out (insufficient sample). Hover over any cell for full details.

Stat:

PIT ↓ / BOS →	Lindholm	Zacha	Geekie	Mittelstadt	Khusnutdinov	Minten	Eyssimont	Kastelic	Kuraly	Arvidsson	Jeannot	Pastrnak	Lindholm	McAvoy	Lohrei	Zadorov	Peeke	Aspirot
Acciari	52	53	67	64	71	82	83	0	0	60	33	55	50	60	50	71	85	67
Lizotte	48	40	64	54	73	77	83	—	—	50	40	50	54	54	50	72	86	64
Dewar	50	46	64	58	79	75	83	100	100	55	50	52	55	57	50	76	85	67
Kindel	75	67	100	50	50	67	83	70	67	45	90	50	80	78	83	82	62	50
Novak	71	33	30	60	80	44	33	40	40	60	50	63	50	63	57	40	0	57
Soderblom	75	67	100	50	50	67	83	86	83	45	89	50	75	78	80	82	73	58
Rust	42	55	44	64	36	50	50	50	50	67	67	41	53	54	62	25	17	67
Chinakhov	47	67	50	67	40	67	50	50	50	64	100	47	62	75	69	36	13	58
Rakell	47	67	50	67	40	67	50	50	50	64	100	47	58	75	67	36	14	64
Hayes	67	67	100	50	50	60	83	88	86	45	88	50	80	71	83	78	73	58
Mantha	57	38	29	40	60	57	33	40	40	40	60	50	43	86	42	50	13	57
Koivunen	67	43	29	60	80	67	33	50	50	60	60	67	53	88	50	56	17	80
Karlsson	61	46	52	43	76	59	67	89	88	33	69	59	61	65	65	62	67	70
Shea	53	54	57	61	71	58	63	40	40	58	40	55	45	62	45	67	57	70
Wotherspoon	57	14	50	43	75	67	63	75	71	43	60	55	63	63	65	60	59	60
Letang	46	43	56	58	71	71	63	25	25	53	50	46	46	63	46	70	33	59
Girard	38	71	60	67	31	62	80	86	83	67	89	39	60	60	71	50	62	70
Solovyov	29	60	60	57	25	50	50	67	60	57	75	23	47	56	57	46	50	56